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Basic Guacamole Recipe

By meredith on May 26, 2015 · Leave a Comment

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This basic guacamole recipe is packed with flavor from garlic salt, cumin and lemon juice.  Despite the fact it has no onion, no tomatoes and no cilantro it’s the best guac recipe because everything you need you most likely have on hand.

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A super basic Guacamole Recipe!!  Do you love it? Made from the egg shaped fruit of an avocado, it’s not only deliciously full of healthy monounsaturated fat (woo!), but very simple to prepare! What’s more, if you buy avocados on sale at your local grocer, you can make a batch of hearty guacamole for just a few dollars. Scoop it up with some of your favorite tortilla chips and you’ve got a great snack or accompaniment to Mexican night!

My  husband and I have been making guacamole for years and love how easily adaptable it can be. Today, I’m going to show you our most basic recipe, requiring only four ingredients.

What can you add to guacamole?

  • cilantro
  • jalapenos
  • chopped tomatoes
  • onion

But honestly, this recipe is packed with flavor just the way it is!  You’ll need three avocados, one lemon, some ground cumin and garlic salt. That’s it!

How To Know If An Avocado Is Ripe

guac recipe ingredients

You can determine this by pressing your finger into the shell. If it’s hard to indent, the avocado is not ready. Keep it out of the fridge to ripen. If your finger does indent the shell, you’ve got yourself a ripe avocado. Another indicator is color. A ripe avocado will typically be more brown in color; an unripe, more green.

cutting open an avocado

How To Cut An Avocado for Guac Recipe

The best way to pull the fruit out of an avocado is to take a paring knife and cut through the avocado vertically from the top down. Then twist until it opens. Only one side will be holding the pit.

making the best guac recipe

How To Make Basic Guacamole

Step 1: Remove and discard all the pits from the avocado except for one (set it aside) and with a spoon, scoop the fruit out into a bowl.

squeezing lemon for guacamole

Step 2: Next, squeeze out the juice of a lemon half until you have 1 tablespoon. We used to make guacamole with only limes, but found that lemon works just as well and I’m more likely to have a lemon on hand – keeping it simple, my friends!

adding guacamole seasoning to make guacamole

Step 3: Now, to the fruit, add your lemon juice, ground cumin and garlic salt. If you don’t have garlic salt, you can sub ¼ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon garlic powder.

Smashing up the avocados for basic guacamole

Step 4: Get out your handy potato masher or just a fork and mash all the ingredients together.

mashed avocado for guac recipe

As long as your avocados are ripe, 15 seconds of mashing will create a smooth, but still chunky guacamole. The more you mash, the smoother it will be.

How to make guacamole not brown

Step 5: Remember that pit I had you set aside? If you aren’t going to eat the guacamole right away, setting the pit inside will help prevent browning, a natural reaction when the fruit is exposed to air. Adhering the top of the guacamole with plastic wrap will also help.

the best guac recipe on plate

So there you have it! However basic this guacamole recipe is I think you’ll find that it’s delicious!  One taste and you may never buy it again.

Enjoy!

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Simple Guacamole Recipe

  • Author: Meredith
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 0 mins
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 4
  • Category: Snack
  • Method: Mix
  • Cuisine: American
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Description

Basic guacamole made with fresh squeezed lemon juice, cumin, salt and ripe avocados.


Ingredients

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  • 3 ripe avocados
  • 1 Tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • ½ teaspoon garlic salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cumin

Instructions

  1. Remove the fruit from the avocados and place into a bowl.  If preparing guacamole ahead, set one pit aside and discard the others.
  2. Add 1 Tablespoon lemon juice, ½ teaspoon garlic salt and ¼ teaspoon cumin.
  3. Mash everything together with a potato masher or fork until smooth and chunky.
  4. Enjoy right away or place reserved pit inside of guacamole until ready to serve.

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About meredith

Meredith is a pastor’s wife and stay-at-home mom living in NW Ohio and is the author and photographer of many recipes on Cleverly Simple. She loves to adapt recipes to her family’s eclectic tastes and is learning to provide nourishment for any bellies who walk through the door at a moment’s notice.

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